The Grenada gazette. (Grenada, Miss.) 1885-18??, 1887-12-17
THE QUESTION.
Man Proposes and What In.
duces Him to Do It.
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. Which Lead
!. to tho Momentous Question
|,ssts That End in E%arnest-A
uounalcc of the Northwest.
s popping the question is funny

Knl1HlkCo u tlsF O0Ne
but IS popping the question is funny
0 hess.
phd other queer thing is. that almost
,iv) rrl will freely confess, with a
t nrsing, the number of proposals
JOS had. and a goodly proportion
me obcrcd matrons ever arc not
rdt 30 to recounting the conquests of
rhn youth. But ask u married man
'ol he happened to propose to his
to and in nine cases out of ten he
Wy only answer with an uneasy
and look as sheepish as if you
Boz ound him out in the one inexcus-
N folly of his life; and as for UNI
red men, who has ever known one
Mi would acknowledge how many
sc 5 he had been induced to offer
I'd kei and his more or less tempting
ENcts in a matrimonial wayp
b awoman a proposal very rarely
les unexpectedly. Not that women,
rule, are given to looking upon
v eligible man in the lightof a pos
D. lover or husband, as n young
declared to be the case with her.
but for the reason that the ma
y Of men very naturally dread a
bal, and consequently postpone the
\ ral moment until confidence is
' |red by a kindly encouragement
tho guarded advances they
tue to make. 1t is all open Sc
that y little diplomacy is often
poyed to bring the cautious
[irer TO the point, and clever
she who so skillfully manages
delicate task that the effort is not
niost. All the world knows how
h schcmed to capture Boaz; and
was u right modest and proper
hsel, too. But Ruth was a widow,
had had experience. and was
A.headed enough besides to see the
vantage of standing by her mother
law; 50 her success is not to be
|ndered at. Maud Muller tried very
[cA the same dodge later on, but it
INIT work quite so well; and all the
mime world has been devising 9th
and equally harmless little schemes
pr since Ruth's triumph-and prob.
h before-down to the famous
rnchwoman who revolved before her
rtner at q ball and frankly said:
Monsieur. / desire a husband. Do
u not find me beautiful"
And he gallantly replied:
"Madcmoiselle. we will be married
(.morrow."
This was about as direct a proposal
that Of a prominent man in the
nthwest, whose courtship had been
rher long-drawn out. II am going
tho Rocky Mountains" he abrupt
remarked one evening, land if you
ent to go as my wife be ready next
Fsk." and she was ready.
Equally matter. of-fact was the fol.
wing, written by u Yale man on 4
ftedged invitation. card:
w DEAR -: You will probably not be
FATTY surprised ut receiving a proposal from
The fact Is it is the proper thing to be on.
We'd Junior year; and, as II has always been
fdeTstood that we should be married some
we may us well cOms to an agrcemen I now
course you know that ] love you, and all
VI; and, II you accept me, I shall write to you
gularly, init late you INTO the class secrets,
" tell you about oil ny affairs. AnXiously
ffstpg . favorable reply, yours devotcdly,
The depth of dcvotion which prompt
this remarkable epistlo may be
Festloncd; but it stands rs m unique
rample Of a college, boys first effort.
Very few people fall in love at first
lsht and propinquity is, doubtless,
commonest cause of marriage.
ough professionally All unprecedented
y or needless jest develops into n
Eerions attachment. Master Cupid has
lfcgaish eye, ever on the watch for
elwary game, and frequently sends
Y arrows in unexpected directions.
Crcus-gocrs Of twenty five years ago
'Al remember Herr Driesbach. the
sebrated lion-tamer, but probably
svo never in their minds connected
an with a romance; and yet he not
Ivy had a veritable romance in his
ae bnt one that blossomed out OF Il
ah Of onions; and 1t was through the
talum of that most plebeian ycge-
sele that he won his lovely wife.
eFsons who knew Mrs. Driesbach be-
~ hor marriage recall her as tho
sAe u Worcester. O., of which place
: father was a wealthy resident.
ascomplishcd as she was beautiful.
"W and full Of pranks, to meet her